I have been trying to make a dead guy clone. I harvested pacman yeast from bottles of dead guy. The yeast looked darker in color, compared to starters i have made with white labs or wyeast.
I made the a 2 cup starter and let it ferment on my stir plate for 4 days, then crash cooled it in the fridge for about a week. Then i stepped it up to 4 cups. When i poured the new wort in to the flask a different smell came out from the beer in the flask. I think it smells like grapefruit and possible a sour smell.
My starters use spring water, DME, DAP, starsan.
Like i said the yeast is darker kind of like peanut butter. I read in my Palmer book that means the yeast are dead.
What ever is in the flask is active and reproducing. what do you guys think, do i try to use it or do i throw it out and try again?
I made the a 2 cup starter and let it ferment on my stir plate for 4 days, then crash cooled it in the fridge for about a week. Then i stepped it up to 4 cups. When i poured the new wort in to the flask a different smell came out from the beer in the flask. I think it smells like grapefruit and possible a sour smell.
My starters use spring water, DME, DAP, starsan.
Like i said the yeast is darker kind of like peanut butter. I read in my Palmer book that means the yeast are dead.
What ever is in the flask is active and reproducing. what do you guys think, do i try to use it or do i throw it out and try again?